Fr. William Millerd, SJ, mathematician, social justice advocate and teacher, dies at 81

Rev. William H. Millerd,
S.J.,died on October 18, 2015
at Manresa Hall outside Philadelphia. He was a Jesuit priest for 47 years.

A native of Washington, DC, Fr. Millerd was an
alumnus of Gonzaga High School and entered the Society of Jesus at the
Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA. He graduated from Fordham
University and later received a Ph.D in physics From Johns Hopkins University.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1968.

For more than 25 years, Fr. Millerd worked
tirelessly for social justice and scientific advances. He dedicated himself to
the cause of seeing a reduction in the arms race and for responsible investments
in Central America. He also worked in the Center for Science and Public
Interest in Washington, DC, as Director of the Interfaith Coalition on Energy.

In 2003, Fr. Millerd came to Baltimore to teach
mathematics and physics at Loyola High School. In 2010, he moved to the
Colombiere Jesuit Community and then to Manresa Hall in Philadelphia in 2013,
where he died peacefully on October 18, 2015. He was 81.

May 27, 2020 - Now more than ever, we invoke God to wipe away the darkness of anxiety, allowing us to be guided by the light of Christ and to trust in God’s promise of new life. Over the last few months, our Jesuit provinces have been in a place we don’t often find ourselves, a place that saw our schools closed, parishes empty, and the halls of our retreat centers giving new meaning to the word “silent.”

May 12, 2020 - Susan Baber has been named the Associate Provincial Assistant for Secondary Education for the new USA East Jesuit Province. The new province will come into being on July 31, Susan will assume this new role in August.